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Should I ship a Dynamic Narration Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Dynamic Narration
Only 10 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration Dungeon Crawler in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Lethal Honor - Order of the Apocalypse, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $21k, ×46 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $3.7k (exactly $3,654) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $21,741) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 55% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dungeon Crawler
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Dungeon Crawler, Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 129 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Young Souls 2022 · $370k 
Lust Bunker [18+] 2023 · $39k 
Uberlaufer 2021 · EA · $22k 
Lethal Honor - Order of the Apocalypse 2025 · $22k 
Rain City 2021 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Young Souls | older | $24.99 | 494 84% | 15k | $370k (exactly $370,352) | 1P2P |
| | Lust Bunker [18+] | older | $9.99 | 130 66% | 3.9k | $39k (exactly $38,961) | BanzaiProject |
| | Uberlaufer | · EA older | $10.00 | 74 83% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,200) | Think Tank Decoy Software LLC |
| | Lethal Honor - Order of the Apocalypse | $24.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $22k (exactly $21,741) | Viral Studios | |
| | Rain City | older | $3.99 | 127 56% | 3.8k | $15k (exactly $15,202) | big pineapple |
 | Paramnesia: Escape Together | older | $8.99 | 43 90% | 1.3k | $12k (exactly $11,597) | Suymo |
 | Aris Arcanum | $14.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Broken Cane | |
 | FEAR background | older | $9.99 | 23 13% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | 5K Gamers |
 | Ceaseless Night | older | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | JABDP Studio |
 | Teacher Certification Hell | older | $3.99 | 34 73% | 1.0k | $4.1k (exactly $4,070) | HaoHao Games |
 | KunSpace | $2.10 | 58 96% | 1.7k | $3.7k (exactly $3,654) | DeadManLi | |
 | Hate-Gem Rise Of Demon | · EA | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | ElLeonGamer |
 | Roxanne The Forgotten Path | $11.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Steven Meza, MarosGraphic 7 | |
 | United by a Fairy Tale | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Capky Games | |
 | Intermundia: Dungeons, Polygons & Magic | · EA | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Trinity Team, Excaliber |
 | Cognite | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Frosted Wings Studio | |
 | NEKRO3 | · EA | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | CHVDR |
 | Endless Roll | $3.49 | 1 100% | 30 | $105 (exactly $105) | Hermit Hollow |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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